Hervey de Stanton
Hervey de Stanton | |
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Edward II | |
Chancellor | John Sandale (1317–1318) John Hotham (1318–1320) John Salmon (1320–1323) |
Preceded by | John Hotham |
Succeeded by | Walter of Stapledon |
Chancellor of the Exchequer of England | |
In office 1324–1327 | |
Monarch | Edward II |
Chancellor | Robert Baldock |
Preceded by | Walter of Stapledon |
Succeeded by | Adam de Harvington |
Lord Chief Justice of England | |
In office 1323–1324 | |
Monarch | Edward II |
Chancellor | Robert Baldock |
Preceded by | Henry le Scrope |
Succeeded by | Geoffrey le Scrope |
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | |
In office 1326–1326 | |
Monarch | Edward III |
Chancellor | Robert Baldock |
Preceded by | William Bereford |
Succeeded by | William Herle |
Personal details | |
Born | 1260 |
Died | November 1327 | (aged 66–67)
Nationality | English |
Residence(s) | East Dereham |
Hervey de Stanton (or Staunton) (1260 – November 1327) was an English judge (serving both as Chief Justice of the King's Bench and as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas) and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Origins and early career
He was a descendant of Sir William de Staunton, or Stanton, of
Judicial advancement
He was a justice itinerant in Cornwall in 1302 and in Durham in 1303. In the parliament of September 1305 he was a receiver of petitions from Ireland and Guernsey, and on 20 April 1306 was appointed one of the judges of the common pleas. On the accession of Edward II, Stanton was reappointed to the common pleas, and is frequently mentioned in judicial commissions.
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief Justice
On 28 September 1314, he was appointed one of the barons of the
Foundation of Michaelhouse
As prebend of Husthwaite, York, and parson of East Dereham, he is mentioned as receiving protection on 30 January and 11 February 1327. On 2 March he had licence to alienate in mortmain the manor and advowson of Barenton to the masters and scholars of St Michael's, Cambridge. Stanton died in 1327, before he could give effect to his foundation, and the licence was renewed to his executors. He was buried in the church of St Michael, Cambridge; during the relaying of the chancel floor in the 1850s, de Stanton's sarcophagus was unearthed. His foundation of Michaelhouse was eventually absorbed in Trinity College, where Stanton is still commemorated as a benefactor and a memorial chapel survives.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Staunton, Hervey de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.